Is it illegal to recruit, collect money and arrange work?

Legal analysis: this fee is illegal, and recruitment is not allowed to charge any fees. State functionaries who collect fees to help others arrange jobs can constitute the crime of accepting bribes.

Legal basis: According to Article 385 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a state functionary who takes advantage of his position to ask for other people's property, or illegally accepts other people's property to seek benefits for others, is guilty of accepting bribes. State functionaries who, in violation of state regulations, accept kickbacks and handling fees in various names in economic exchanges and own them personally shall be punished as bribery.